Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-03-05
Stock Notes.

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Mr.. Ed. Handy is feeding about 20 head
Of steers and 100 hogs.
Mir. Asa Tracy shipped, q few days ago, to
Kansas City, 2 cars Of hogs.
Frank Siddslls, of Philadelphia offers
Robert Bonner s12o 900 for Maud 8.
Maine has quarantined against cattle from
New York, Massachusetts, and Illinois.
Mr.. B. A. ChInn sold his foe Jack, q few
days ago, to Mr.. Frank Stewart, for S400.
Mr.. John Greer is feeding 100 head of
western cattle at his farm In Freedom town.
ship.
Mr.. Nice Sill sold last week, to Dir. Csple.
of Independence, his fine ~trotting horse, for
$3.50.
Robert Bonner SAYS Maud 8. IL not for sale.
and that t300,O0 would be no inducement
for hun TO part with her.
Mr. Godfrey Shull Is feeding IS steers, 10
COWS and 100 hogs. He says there Ia no hog
cholera in his neighborhood.
A COW died Of pleuro-pneumonia at South
Boston and there Is considerable alarm In
New England. as an infected herd is belle we'd
to be scattered there.
Mr.. Bledsoe's sale, March -, will afford
stock men a good opportunity to purchase
well-bred animals at reasonable prices and
upon easy terms. The advertisement appears
elsewhere,
Mr.. 7. H. Jones. the cattle king Of Mexico.
Audrain county, Mo-, has bought l,I7e head
of yearllng steers In this county since jan
usry, 1885, at a cost of SAG .6s5. Mr.. Jones
8 rustler and a clever young man. We are
glad to have such men come among Us.
Capt. Jno. Handy Is feeling 81 head Of
cattle and Is hogs for the June market. They
are doing we'll. Capt. Handy does not claim
to be a breeder, hut he has some thorough.
bred cattle which he bought from Mr.. Theo-
dore Bates. He thoroughly believes that the
scrub must go. He won't handle ANYTHING
but good stock.
The following table. showing the aversgs
period OF CESSATION Of the various kinds Of
farm stock. will be found very convenient
for reference. Mares vary considerably from
the average period and the same is true but in
q less degree, with cows; but. 40 we Approach
the smaller animals and shorter periods, the
variation constantly gro vs. less: CESSATION
Days. Mare, 1855; cow $50; eve, 1854; goat 1853:
SOW, liz; Bitch, 80; rabbit, 30. Incubation
Days. Goose, %; turkey. %; peafowl. "a:
DUCK "; chicken, sli pigeon, Is, canary, 10.
one OF the most enterprising Of Lafayette
cognty's breeders OF fus horses IS Mr..
Aenoah Beamsr. who lives near Blackburn,
upon a highly improved fsrm of 40 acres.
winch Is In itself a immortal homestead at for
the dwelling place Of a medisval baron. Upon
tnls splendid estate he has an elegant, large
anu commodious barn In which his horses
feel but little the rigors OF even the eolde,t
weather, a due private track, and all tie
accessories OF a drst-clsss trotting breeders
DE Is constantly adding to bis already
stable, and returned from KENTUCKY
only last Friday night with eight head of
royalty bred administration Tommy
Patchen, Jr,, By Ton my Patchen LIST dam by
Aemhrino Abdallah. A weanlins ~stsllfon
colt, Hambletonian, very ane indeed. md
six hne. well bred, ~trotting dllies for brood
mares. Tommy Patchen Is thought TO be
q grand u horse as Ashland Wilks. which
Mr.. Beamer sold to Il. a.. Toler. of Wicb,,s
for $4,000. Fine trotters are ION the
ooolh' Sna MI. Beamer has four we'll bred
colts. by Al. West, which he want, !
TO sell. Also some yesrlings BY AL. West, |
star OF the West, BY Al. West, five years |
A Beamer's Bsshaw by Corbin,s Ba
shaw. -Four tine itcks, all for sale. Ina,
p lrchased two extra fine ,cks at the lack
sale at Columbia. He has on hand 100 hesi
Of graded Galloway and Short Horn cattle, I
and being over-stocked will sell them low. /
recently sold a fine Wilks colt to Mr.
Gilman, OF sedaiia, aud sold to Mr.. James |
of Saline county, Is head of mules
and a line brood marc. Mr.. Toler also !
of him u Wiiks colt and some AL |
West colts. MIR. Beamer has several brood
mares Tor sale. Breeders cannot do better